Category Archives: Women’s Corner

  • A new week, and new stock!

    It’s been a VERY busy week.

    First off, I want to say a very big thank you to everyone who helped us clear out our old fabrics last week.

    We still have some Free For Shipping pads up for grabs, one Hyenacart dollar acution for two pads, and THREE hyeancart dollar auctions for our Ultimate Not So Flat Wraps! If you haven’t entered the drawings, be sure to do so asap! They end tomorrow at 7:50, just before our new stock goes live.

    At first, the plan was to have a weekend sale. Then, the children went away for the weekend to the grandparents, and I found MORE unfinished old stock then I originally thought we had, so I figured when the kids are away, mama shall… “work”. ha ha!

    I got in a little over my head though, and spent much more time sewing then I expected. We also had a few oversells, but we’ve got that straightened out (just waiting to hear back from one last customer! If you read this, please email me asap!) and then all clearance sale items will have been shipped out. The last of them should be going out tomorrow!

    The clearance sale idea came up because I finally got tired of missing my personal fabric stash and asked dear hubby and son to help me move it from storage, to the cabin (the biz workspace). They brought our bedroom wardrobe, which does not fit in our bedroom, to the cabin and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was able to fit almost my entire personal stash in there! Yay!

    It’s now finally safely near me, waiting to be used, one piece at a time.

    In the meantime though, the boxes and boxes and rearranging of things created more clutter, and some clutter (read: old stock fabrics and cuts) just had to find new homes. So you all really helped me out. 🙂 I’m glad to see everything will be well loved and used and it was fun to share the clearance items at a good deal for those who need to add to their stash!

    To add to the busyness of this week, it’s our twins birthday tomorrow! We celebrated today. Dear hubby took all the children swimming at a wave pool in the next city over, and I remained behind  with the excuse that I had to stock the shop for tomorrow.

    This was true, but I was really staying behind to decorate for a surprise ‘party’. lol It was just our family, but the girls were excited, and surprised, just the same. 🙂

    These two are such a blessing! Well, all five children are of course. 😉

    Enough about that, back to business!

    We’ve got new stock!
    Lots of variety of sizes in our newest colorways. Autumn Splendor, Verdigris, Borealis and “Shay”.

    Here’s a small sampling, you’ll have to check the store for the rest: www.hyenacart.com/homesteademporium

    And last but certainly not least, I thought I’d share a few custom orders from this past while.

    Postpartum/heavy overnight set:

    Some teeny ultimates:

    A stash for a mama who prefers our shorter pads, including our tiny short wrap wing pads, just 6 inches!

    Another variety stash:

    And two dark Ultimate Pads.

    The variety we get in our custom orders always reminds me of just how very unique each and every one of our customers are! I love it! 🙂

    Thanks for looking/reading. We hope to see you at the shop tomorrow evening, at 8pm EST/5pm PST! 🙂

    PS. If you are pregnant, and hoping to put in a custom order for postpartum, we are accepting custom orders for women due after February 1st at this time. We will be taking a break from custom orders over the holiday’s, so if you’re in need of a custom order after the new year, please email us to put your order in asap!

  • STORE WIDE WEEK LONG SALE!

    We will not be having our regular Tuesday night Stocking this week.
    Instead, we will continue the STORE WIDE CLEARANCE SALE!
    ALL Instock Items 25% OFF
    ALL Week with Coupon Code- THANKS

    We will be adding a bit more stock in the next couple of days!
    So check back often!
    We WILL combine shipping.
    Please be patient as we sort orders over this week.

    All orders placed before the weekend have shipped.

    MORE stock being added in the next couple of days!
    We have LOTS of Ultimate Regular Flow Pads coming at Awesome sale prices!
    Complete your stash, start a stash, or try our pads for the first time!
    You can’t beat these deals!

    This sale is not valid together with other coupon codes, and is not retro-active.

  • New colorways!

    We have four beautiful new colorways this week. I just LOVE them all!

    First off, “Shay”. My daughter Shaylah created this colorway by helping me with my dyeing one day.


    It’s just like her personality, the colorway is strong,  somewhat ‘tom-boyish’, with a touch of femininity!
     
    Next up, Autumn Splendor.

    Borealis

    and last but not least, Verdigris

     

    We have a selection of different sizes/styles in these new colorways this week! Everything goes live at 8 pm EST/ 5pm PST.

    We also have two custom slots for hand dyed bamboo velour pads, including the new colorways!

     

    We hope to see you tomorrow evening!

    www.hyenacart.com/homesteademporium

  • New stock, including the new Ulti-Max!

    If you had nothing better to do on Saturday night then hang out on the computer, and if by chance you stumbled upon my tweets here on the blog or on twitter,  or if you follow us on facebook, you would have heard by now that we have a new pad.

    A customer had emailed me a while back, sharing her concerns for her teen daughter. Her daughter was using our Ultimate pad but even with the biggest pad we offer, she was still having some issues. For weeks I went over and over again in my mind and on paper, how I could come up with a solution, without creating something that would end up feeling like a ‘diaper’. During that time, a couple of other customers had also emailed me with a need for even ‘more’ pad. I asked more questions, received more input and continued to work on the new design.

    These stories always tug on my heart strings and is a big reason why we are constantly creating new products, because our customers ask us to. Our customers have needs and I enjoy getting creative to see if I can’t come up with something to meet those needs. It’s the best part of this biz! I love designing, and creating something new! The great part is, if ONE customer has a special need, I can be sure more of our customers will have that same need. It might not be a lot of people but if one size/style of pad meets a need for a handful of women, it’s more then enough to keep that pad in our shop!

    Through creating this new pad, the Ulti-Max, I realized that I really like it! It offers even better coverage then our Ultimate Pad, it’s just as long at 17 inches, but, it’s more discreet! I have always loved the Ultimate Pad. It was one of our first pads to really step out of the box and go the distance. However, even the best can some times become better! I believe the new Ulti-Max may have outdone the Ultimate.

    I thought I would share a few comparisons with you, our customers, so you could decide for yourselves if you feel the new design will work better then the old. I’d like to figure out if we should keep both, or simply go with the Ulti-Max.

    Here you can see the two pads side by side, the Ulti-Max on the left, the Ultimate on the right.

    The Ulti-Max is less ‘box-y’ at the end, and the top is more like our Ultimate II pad. I felt this created a much better fit within the undies.

    In this next photo, the Ultimate Pad is on top of the Ulti-Max pad.

    You can see that while it doesn’t seem like there is ‘much’ difference, the Ulti-Max wings are definitely wider and fuller then the Ultimate wings. These are essentially the same size as the wings on our Heavy Wrap Wing Pad.

    This was a bit of a dilema for me. I’ve always loved the fact that although the Ultimate pad is a HUGE pad, when worn, it does not FEEL huge. This is where I had to make the most changes to the full design to keep the pad feeling comfortable, while still adding MORE coverage. I believe our customers will agree that the Ulti-Max has suceeded.

    For those with a flow that can only be named “fast & furious”, the new Ulti-Max will be sold in two types. Ulti-Max regular and Ulti-Max Super. The Ulti-Max Super will have double the absorbency throughout the entire pad from back to front and wing to wing. If you simply need the extra coverage our 17 inch pads offer, you’ll want to stick with the Ulti-Max but if you also have a “fast & furious” flow that tries it’s best to get away on you, you’ll want to give the Ulti-Max Super a try.

    To debut the new Ulti-Max, we’ve listed four pads. One is an HC$ auction. All you pay with real money is the shipping! The cost of the pad can be paid in ‘play’ money earned on the hyenacart forums/message board!

    This pad is one of our Ulti-Max Super pads, with the extra absorbency!

    I created another Ulti-Max (regular) in some of the hand dyed bamboo velour from Lisa at Becoming Art.
    This is one of our favorite colorways, Valley Farm, with it’s vibrant hues in beautifully bold colors! We don’t have a whole lot of this left so I wanted to be sure to get this one Ulti-Max out of my last big piece. This Ulti-Max is up for regular auction.

    Then we have two regularly listed Ulti-Max pads, another Ulti-Max Super.

    And another Ulti-Max (regular). This one in a deep, rich cocoa bean colorway on organic cotton velour.

    I hope our customers will enjoy the new pad as much as I have enjoyed creating it!

    ~You’ll have to please excuse some of our photos this week. The power went out while I was waiting for my camera battery to charge and by the time the power came back on and charged it, the sky was very gray and not so great for photography!

    We have lots of other new instock this week. LOTS of bags, a good variety this time!

     

    And an example of one of our wrap wing pads folded, with a purse sized wetbag.

    We also have new Menstrual Cup Bags in three different prints. Here’s one:

    We have LOTS of swirly pads this week as well, in a variety of colorways.

    There’s LOTS more stock to see, some come visit us! www.hyenacart.com/homesteademporium
    It all goes live Tuesday at 8pm EST/5pm PST
    We hope to see you then!

    And please, feel free to leave your comments here on what you think about the new Ulti-Max pad!
    Remember, if you have a menstrual issue that you have not been able to find the solution for, please feel free to email me (homesteademporium(at)gmail.com) and we can discuss your specific needs. Don’t worry about anything being ‘TMI” (too much info). In this line of products, there’s no such thing!